Heartland District
Meeting
September 6 and 7, Greater
Kansas City
Agenda, Friday
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3:00 (Optional) Tour of Garmin Industries
5:30 – 7:00 Drury Inn Reception
6:30 – 9:00 Chapter Ice Breaker
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Tom Schulte
Agenda, Saturday
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7:00 – 8:00
8:00 – 8:30
8:30 – 9:00
9:00 – 9:30
9:30 – 9:45
9:45 – 11:00
11:00 – 11:30
11:30 – 12:15
Drury Inn Quickstart Breakfast
Welcome, Logistics, Introductions
Student Case Competition #1
C-bar as a Chapter Tool
BREAK
Jason Wheeler, APICS updates
Strategic Planning in the Twin Cities
LUNCH
Agenda, Afternoon
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12:15–1:15
1:15 – 1:45
1:45 – 2:15
2:15 – 2:30
2:30 – 3:00
3:00 – 4:30
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4:30
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Optional Attend the Royals Baseball Game
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Board Management, Tom Schulte
Chapter Newsletters
Keeping our Members
BREAK
Heartland Webinars
Chapter Sharing
Wrap up, Evaluations
Special Guests
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Jason Wheeler, Chair Elect, APICS Board of
Directors
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Tom Schulte, Consultant, Omaha, Nebraska
Heartland District Team
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Al Downs
Ione Dykstra, could not attend this weekend
Scott Imhoff
Barb Sorochak
Karen Schiebout
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District Manager
Board of Directors
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Tammy Williams, could not be with us this weekend
Chapter Assignments
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Al Downs
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St. Louis
Greater Ozarks
Central Ozarks
Great Plains
Chapter Assignments
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Ione Dykstra
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Winona Lacrosse
Siouxland
Northeast Iowa
Quad Cities
Wichita
Southeast Kansas
Chapter Assignments
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Scott Imhoff
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Twin Cities
Top of Iowa
Cedar Valley
Red River Valley
Chapter Assignments
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Barb Sorochak
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Southern Minnesota
Central Minnesota
Midlands
Central Nebraska
Chapter Assignments
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Karen Schiebout
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Central Iowa
Northwest Iowa
Greater Kansas City
Southeast Iowa
Heartland 2013 Goals
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3% growth in membership
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2563 baseline, 2633 on 2/28, 2571 on 7/1, 2567 on 9/1
CBar: BRONZE +
Staff communication
District Meeting Attendance
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All Chapters represented
Chapter Introductions
Please stand up and introduce all the members
present, including current board position.
Which District Team Member….
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Delivered their baby daughter in a car during rush
hour?
Al Downs
Which District Team Member….
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Is an award winning archer?
Scott Imhoff
Which District Team Member….
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Is an Instrument Rated Pilot?
Barb Sorochak
Which District Team Member….
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Was the first District Manager, after the APICS
regions were restructured?
Scott Imhoff
Which District Team Member….
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Is getting a new roof shingled this weekend?
Ione Dykstra
Which District Volunteer…..
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Is the oldest of eight children, in a family of four boys
and four girls?
Karen Schiebout
Which District Volunteer…..
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hiked down the Bright Angel Pass, Grand Canyon
and back - and lived to tell about it?
Al Downs
Which District Volunteer…..
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Won the county spelling bee in eighth grade?
Karen Schiebout
Next Meetings
September 29, 30, Oct 1
• International Conference, See You in Orlando!
• Note the discounts available
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Leadership summit
Additional $100 off
Car pooling/taxi sharing
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Rooms available at the Marriott
Volunteer Reception
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District Tables
Ideas? Promoting the District
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Pictures? Cities? Brochures?
Handouts representing the District
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Corn Flakes, Candy Corn, Corn Pops?
Valentines?
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Previous Notes
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Heartland IDP Instructors
District Webinar Definition
Adobe Connect for Chapters
Chapter Services Practice
Members at Large
IDP Instructors
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http://www.apics.org/careers-education-professionaldevelopment/courses/recognized-instructors
Heartland list included on your USB Drive
38 Instructors in our District
current IDP instructors Heartland 090613.xlsx
Heartland Webinars
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Rebecca MacDonell, aka Beckie
Manage and communicate
Stick around for her presentation later!
Adobe Connect for chapters
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Will address at next District Managers’ Meeting
Free tools:
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Any time meeting
District Help
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Contact myself or Beckie
Both meeting tool and conference call availability
Once a year per chapter, schedules permitting
Chapter Services Issues
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Eric Schneider, Manager of Customer Services
Discussion with Twin Cities Chapter
Opening a Dialogue
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Practices Document, included in handouts
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Chapter is contacted
$200/day
Members At Large
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List received from Corporate Services
Manually sorted by zip code
Sent to closest chapter
Member must agree in writing/email to join
Send to jventura@apics.org
Next Year, 2014
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March 28/29
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June 20/21
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West Des Moines
LDI, 8 people minimum
Omaha?
TTT, 8 people
September 12/13
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St. Louis?
AIS, TBD?
Fill out Evaluations
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Net Promoter Score
Suggestions
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Meeting topics
Speakers
Webinars
Suggestions
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!
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Drive carefully
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Be Safe